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How to Write Industrial Hardcore [Fr] Lyrics
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How to Write Industrial Hardcore [Fr] Lyrics

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 1, 2025
You want lyrics that hit like a welders torch into a concrete wall. You want words that feel abrasive and honest while still singing cl...
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Straight-Ahead Jazz Songwriting Advice
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Straight-Ahead Jazz Songwriting Advice

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 2, 2025
You want a tune that swings, tells a story, and survives a smoky club with a full bar and one angry saxophonist. You want a melody that...
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How to Write Livetronica Songs
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How to Write Livetronica Songs

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 1, 2025
You want music that makes people dance like they are trying to escape adulthood for three minutes. Livetronica mixes live playing with ...
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Royalty Statements Delivered Irregularly Or Late - Traps & Scams Every Musician Must Avoid
Traps & Scams Every Musician Must Avoid

Royalty Statements Delivered Irregularly Or Late - Traps & Scams Every Musician Must Avoid

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 6, 2025
You wrote the song. Someone else is supposed to pay you for it. Instead you get a mystery email once every few months that reads like f...
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How to Write Medieval Metal Lyrics
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How to Write Medieval Metal Lyrics

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 1, 2025
You want lyrics that smell like smoke from a bonfire and make people want to swing a sword or cry into their mead. Medieval metal is no...
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Shauna de Cartier, President at Six Shooter Contact Details
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Shauna de Cartier, President at Six Shooter Contact Details

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
September 5, 2024
Shauna de Cartier is the President of Six Shooter Records, a Canadian independent record label and management company. With years of ex...
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How to Write Lyrics About Civil rights
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How to Write Lyrics About Civil rights

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 2, 2025
You want lyrics that matter and do not sound like a bad history essay or an edgy tweet gone wrong. You want to move people, tell truth,...
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How to Write a Song About Alien Encounters
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How to Write a Song About Alien Encounters

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 2, 2025
You want a song that makes people look up from their phones and wonder if their neighbor just abducted a synth. Maybe you want to write...
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How to Write Avant-Prog Songs
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How to Write Avant-Prog Songs

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 1, 2025
Want to write music that sounds like a mad science lab got into a love affair with a symphony and then invited a jazz drummer over for ...
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How to Write Trot Lyrics
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How to Write Trot Lyrics

Posted by author-avatar Toni Mercia
November 1, 2025
You want a lyric that makes grandparents cry and teenagers screenshot the chorus. Trot is that weird and wonderful genre that can do bo...
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